INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 2.5
Textual typology Dedicatory text
GENERAL NOTES
It is not possible to date the inscription neither from the text nor from palaeography (no photo is available).
TEXT marker
1 ʾls²rḥ bn Nbryn s¹qny | 2 ʾnby S²ymn ṣlmnyhn l-w— 3 fy bn-s¹ww Hwfʾl w-Bḥrm
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 ʾls²rḥ he of Nbryn dedicated
2 to ʾnby S²ymn these two statues for the the sa-
3 fety of his two sons Hwfʾl and Bḥrm.
OBJECT INFORMATIONSupport type Stone inscription Material Alabaster Measures h. 8.8, w. 21.4, th. 6.2 (left) Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd Ancient site ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm Geographical area Wādī Bayḥān Country Yemen Archaeological context Religious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYJamme 1969 a : 343Jamme, Albert W.F. 1969. Inscriptions from Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Pages 331-354 in Gus W. Van Beek. Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Investigations at a Pre-Islamic Site in South Arabia . (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 5). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.